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It's my understanding that the out-of-control Augora fire has burned down the iconic structures at the Paramount Ranch, where Westworld shoots now but shows like Dr. Quinn and The Texan, just to name two, were filmed. If the report my colleague gave me turns out to be true, virtually everything has burned.

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In the end... it's just sets. Sets that can, and likely will, be rebuilt. Sure there's history there but... it's just sets.

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Yes, it's just sets. But for me personally, it was great to go there and recognize one set from one classic TV show, and another set from another classic movie, and so on. The sets may be rebuilt, but they will almost certainly be built differently. My first ever location shoot was there, with many to follow. I could go there and relive the memories because most of the sets remained. But now that's all gone and, for me at least, the memories triggered by those nostalgic sets are probably gone with them.

Yes, it's just "stuff" that was lost. But for me, a comforting real-world connection to the unchanged past was lost too.